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Ex-Cop In Mass Who Bragged About ‘Officer Sexy’ Nickname Indicted On Child Porn Charge: DOJ
Federal prosecutors say a former New Hampshire police officer living in Haverhill has been indicted for receiving child sexual abuse material. John Giarrusso, 49, was indicted on one count of receipt of child pornography. He was arrested in August on the federal charge, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts. Charging documents allege that between Oct. 16 and Oct. 17, 2024, Giarrusso used the messaging app Kik to receive video files that depicted child sexual abuse. Prosecutors say the children in the videos appeared to be between 5 and 11. If convicted, Giarrusso faces …
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Corrections Cop From Mass Admits To Threatening Federal Agent With Torture, Fire Bombing: DOJ
A Massachusetts man working as a corrections officer in Connecticut has pleaded guilty to a violent online plot that targeted a federal agent and his spouse, prosecutors said. Scott Robert Tardy, 31, admitted in court this week to cyberstalking, lying to the FBI, and obstructing justice, the US Attorney for South Carolina said. Prosecutors said Tardy joined an anti-law enforcement group on the Kik messaging app under the name “connecticut12345,” where he called for violence against a South Carolina federal agent and their spouse, including throwing a Molotov cocktail into their …
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Quincy Man Busted With 500 Child Porn Images Gets 6 Years In Prison: Feds
A 29-year-old Quincy man who was caught with child pornography will spend the next six years behind bars, authorities said. Andre Tilahun pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child porn in October, and a judge sentenced him on Thursday, Jan. 19, the US Attorney's Office said. Investigators said they found 350 images of child porn on Tilahun's computer during a search of his home in 2021. They also found 230 more photos of the offending material on his phone. Police said Tilahun used the social media platform Kik to trade child porn in six separate chat rooms, authorities s…
Police & Fire
Quincy Man Traded Child Pornography On Social Media Messaging App: Feds
A 29-year-old Quincy man pleaded guilty this week to receiving child pornography in a federal court in Boston. Andre Tilahun admitted to trading child sexual abuse material from his home computer through a Kik messaging chat room, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Federal agents began investigating Tilahun in early 2021, and they arrested him in May that year, authorities said. Tilahun faces up to 20 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines when a judge sentences him in January.
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Maine Man Admits He Drove To Georgetown To Have Sex With Child: Feds
A 30-year-old Maine man who man pleaded guilty last week to driving to Massachusetts to have sex with a 13-year-old girl could spend the rest of his life in prison, federal authorities said. Patrick Plummer of Parsonsfield confessed to attempted enticement of a minor, intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a person under 18, and transportation of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston said on Thursday, Sept. 8. Plummer began speaking with an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl in 2020 through various social media apps, federal authorities sa…
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Ex Lynn Probation Officer Who Sexually Exploited 13-Year-Old Gets 17 Years In Prison: Feds
A 49-year-old former assistant chief probation officer in Lynn will spend the next 17 years in prison after a federal court found he sent sexually explicit photos and videos to a 13-year-old girl and coerced her to reciprocate, authorities said. Brian Orlandella of Beverly was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child and sending obscene material to a minor in April, but a judge didn't impose a sentence until Friday, Aug. 5, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts said. Orlandella's relationship with the girl was uncovered in 2018 when the Texas teenager's mother found pho…
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Repeat Arlington Child Porn Peddler, 27, Sent Sex Pics Of Toddlers: Prosecutors
A 27-year-old Arlington man with multiple convictions of sending and receiving child porn will spend the next decade in prison after he pleaded guilty to the charge in federal court, authorities said. Mason Lister was arrested in 2020 after police found he had traded sexual images of children as young as toddlers through social media, the Department of Justice said. Authorities raided his home and found a tablet with 85 pictures and videos of child pornography, prosecutors said. Lister pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography last month, and a judge sentenced him to 10 …
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